December Radiant Roundup

Welcome to December! Amidst the decorating and shopping and baking, here are some resources to help you and your kids keep your hearts focused on the reason for the Season. As I pulled posts from the archives and created a few new things for this year, this round up grew larger and larger- but don't let that overwhelm you. Choose 2 or 3 things that suit your home of classroom and will help you pray as we look forward to the celebration of the birth of Christ. From books to crafts to meals to Saints and more, there are plenty of tools gathered here to pick from!

Books for Catholic Kids- Advent, Christmas, & Feast Days for December
Check out this list for a huge list of books great for Advent & Christmas, as well as St. Francis Xavier, St. Nicholas, the Immaculate Conception, St. Juan Diego & Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fulton Sheen, St. Lucy, and the Holy Family.

Advent: Begins November 27th
My Book- All about Advent & Christmas: Sharing the Seasons of Hope and Wonder with Children

What Advent Looks Like* Coloring Page

Advent Family Calendar (structure & activity ideas, includes an editable version)*

Printable Advent Wreath Candles*
Printable Advent Wreath Candles (Spanish)*
Weekly Advent Reflection Slides (Editable for Google Classroom)

Design-an-Advent Chasuble*
Advent & Christmas Videos (YouTube Playlist)
Advent Music Playlist (YouTube Playlist)

Advent Music Playlist on Spotify
Sacred Art Visio Divina for Advent (Digital Resources)
Advent Family Traditions* (printable booklets about the Liturgical Year and December Feast Days)

Advent Wreath Family Prayer Booklets* (Three variations for Years A, B & C)

Spanish Advent Wreath Family Prayer Booklet*

Advent Traditions for Anyone and Everyone* (Info cards that are easy to display and share- one for the Advent Wreath, Jesse Tree, O Antiphons, Christmas Tree, Nativity Scene, St. Andrew, The Immaculate Conception, St. Lucy, St. Nicholas, Ven. Fulton Sheen, St. Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe)
Decorating for Advent (simple ideas for decorating your home for the Season)
Advent Today (Youth Group Activity)

Advent Trivia Jeopardy
Advent Prayer Ring* (printable Bible verses for each day of the Season)
Advent Prayer Cards for Each Sunday (Year C)*

Advent, Christmas, Epiphany Idea Collection

New Liturgical Year Resources
The Liturgical Year Coloring Book*

Liturgical Year Info Booklet for Families*

Monthly Devotion Signs*

Liturgical Year Mini Bulletin Board Signs* (Eccl. 3:1 and CCC 1194)
Ideas for Living the Liturgical Year in the Classroom*

Decorating for the Liturgical Year
Liturgical Year Printable & Colorable Calendar (Review for Telos Art)
Liturgical Year (Feast Day! Board Game Review)

St. Nicholas: December 6th

St. Nicholas' Many Gifts Bingo Game-Here's a fresh update of an old post! This game is set up so that each child makes their own bingo board. Blank boards and a list of words related to the life of St. Nicholas are provided, making this game perfect to play either after reading a story of St. Nicholas' life or to tell a fact about him as each word is called. Use gold chocolate coins or punch out yellow circles as Bingo markers.

St. Nicholas' Many Gifts Bingo Game Board*

St. Nicholas' Many Gifts Bingo Words*

St. Nicholas' Many Gifts Bingo Caller Cards*

St. Nicholas' Many Gifts Bingo Sign*

Included in the Advent Feast Days Booklet*

St. Ambrose: December 7th
St. Ambrose coloring pages* (all ages)
Sweeter than Honey Psalm coloring pages* (all ages)

Included in the Advent Feast Days Booklet*

Immaculate Conception: December 8th
Immaculate Conception Block Print*

Immaculate Conception Traveling Shrine*

St. Max Quote Coloring Page*

Hail Mary Memorization Cards/Puzzle

Included in the Advent Feast Days Booklet*

Venerable Fulton J. Sheen: December 9th
Ven. Fulton Sheen Activities* (all ages)
So, SO many activities under that tab!

Our Lady of Loreto: December 10th
Our Lady of Loreto Digital Scavenger Hunt (6th & up)

Juan Diego: December 9th

Our Lady of Guadalupe: December 12th
Our Lady of Guadalupe Block Print* 

Our Lady of Guadalupe Quote Coloring Page*

Included in the Advent Feast Days Booklet*

St. Lucy: December 13th
St. Lucia's Candles*

Included in the Advent Feast Days Booklet*

St. John of the Cross: December 14th

St. John of the Cross Quote Coloring Page

Included in the Advent Feast Days Booklet*

O Antiphons: December 17th-24th
O Antiphons Printable Coloring Books*
O Antiphons Bible Study & Creative Project (Digital Resources)

Christmas:
What Christmas Looks Like* Coloring Page

Baby Jesus Block Print*
Seeking our Savior: A Detective Journey*
Seeking our Savior (Spanish)*

All Natural Woodburned Peg Doll Nativity
Peg Doll Nativity
Animals for a Peg Doll Nativity
Kid Made Peg Doll Nativity
A Stocking for Jesus*
Nativity Photo Booth
Advent & Christmas Videos

Wandering Wise Men, Part 1
Wandering Wise Men, Part 2
Wandering Wise Men, Part 3

St. John: December 27th 

Apostles Mini Posters*

The Holy Family: December 30th

Holy Family Coloring Page*
Holy Family Hearts Coloring Pages and Prayer Cards*

Holy Family Wooden Peg Doll Set (or make a whole Nativity)

Holy Family Block Print-Joseph, Terror of Demons* (Scroll to the bottom)

And just in case you are working ahead, here are a few resources for Epiphany!

Epiphany: January 6th (observed Sunday, January 8, 2023)
Epiphany Home Blessing Kit* (updated through 2026)
My Gift: An Epiphany Readers' Theater*
Gifts of the Magi Google Classroom Assignment

The Presentation: February 2nd

Simeon and Anna Coloring Page*

Joseph, Lover of Poverty Print (Two Turtledoves)* (Scroll to the bottom)

“For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." ~Matthew 1:18-24